On Human Rights Day, Pope Francis makes an appeal to “place human rights at the heart of all policies, including development cooperation policies, even when this means going against the tide.”

Equal human dignity in every person

These words came in a message to the International Conference: entitled “Human Rights in the Contemporary World: Achievements, Omissions, Negations” promoted by the Dicastery for Integral Human Development and the Pontifical Gregorian University…

Il-Premju Dun Mikiel Azzopardi għas-sena 2018 ingħata lil Mons. Philip Calleja bħala turija ta’ rikonoxximent u apprezzament tad-Dar tal-Providenza għall-ħidma u l-appoġġ tiegħu lejn id-Dar tas-Siġġiewi. Kien Monsinjur Calleja li wara l-mewt ta’ Dun Mikiel f’Mejju ta’ l-1987, ingħata l-inkarigu minn Mons. Arċisqof Ġużeppi Mercieca biex jorganizza l-funeral kif ukoll biex jieħu ħsieb it-tmexxija tad-Dar, sakemm ġie nominat Mons. Lawrence Gatt bħala d-Direttur il-ġdid…

This year’s Sand Nativity scene and the Christmas tree of Rome’s St. Peter’s Square was inaugurated Friday evening during an impressive ceremony that included Christmas carols, folk dances and band music.  

Hundreds of people, including Church dignitaries applauded as curtains were pulled down revealing the 16-meter wide depiction of the birth of Jesus made entirely of sand and dubbed the “Sand Nativity.”

The bas-relief sand sculpture of the Nativity scene is a gift of the Italian seaside resort town of Jesolo, north of Venice, and the Patriarchate of Venice.   Over 700 tons of sand from the beach of Jesolo was compacted to create the 16-meter wide and 5-meter tall Nativity sculpture covering 25 square meters…

L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi inawgura u bierek l-ewwel Via Lucis f’Malta li tinsab fil-Knisja tal-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni, il-Ħamrun.

L-Istazzjonijiet tal-Qawmien, bil-Latin magħrufa bħala Via Lucis, huma l-14-il stazzjon wara l-qawmien mill-mewt ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu sa Għid il-Ħamsin. Permezz tal-Via Lucis, li twaqqfet fl-Italja 30 sena ilu, in-Nisrani jfakkar il-Qawmien ta’ Gesù li permezz tiegħu għadda mid-dlamijiet tad-dnub għad-dawl tal-grazzja tal-Mulej…

70 years ago, on the 10th of December 1948 in Paris the member States of the United Nations signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human Rights existed before this date and only several decades later did the Human Rights movement introduce them into the larger political debate. However, in 1948 Human Rights were declared universal and, thus, became a gift to all humankind…